[Mono-list] MySql 1.1.7 problem also under 1.1.8

[Bill Middleton]

Kevin Flanagan wrote:

>Hello Martin - I have now tried the ByteFX driver (thanks for the
>suggestion), but it gives me a different error: "Client does not support
>authentication protocol requested by server; consider upgrading MySQL
>client". Given that it all runs ok with Mono 1.1.4 (or the MS .NET runtime),
>I think that must be a red herring. Thanks for the input though.
>  
>
There are a couple of workarounds to the authentication problem when 
using ByteFX, see:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/old-client.html

I had the same problem with the default mysql driver running against 
Mysql 4.1.10, it seems to want either 4.0 or 5.x.


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